end of 2014. the cost to put long-term unemployment benefits back in place here about $19 billion a year. republicans say that s too much and without finding cults to balance it out they don t want to spend the money. pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey, member of the finance committee, joins us right now. senator, good day to you, and as we just were talking about this $19 billion, what are the prospects of finding that amount to offset the cost of extending those benefits for a year or even for a three-month extension? richard, i think we can find an juf set and we should. as you know, we went a lot of years in this country providing unemployment compensation without an offset. if that s what it takes to get it done, i think we can get that done. the key thing i think not only for families, those who are in need of emergency unemployment compensation, is to make sure that we put it in place for them and for their families but also